# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update gateway isolation and cross-OS fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where updating Hermes on Windows incorrectly stops gateways belonging to other Hermes installations, and include related fixes to scope gateway lifecycle to the current install and improve gateway recognition across operating systems.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124965 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #124659: Windows: hermes update force-stops the gateways of other Hermes installs on the same machine ("without profile mapping")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124965: fix(gateway): recognise Hermes inline-bootstrap gateways on every OS (salvage #123331)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_fleet_scope.py`, `tests/e2e/core/windows_update/_machine.py`, `tests/e2e/core/windows_update/test_gateway_across_update.py`, `tests/e2e/core/windows_update/test_update_spares_other_installs.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_inline_bootstrap_identity.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_windows_cross_install_gateway.py`
- **#124676: fix(update): scope Windows gateway lifecycle to current install**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `60e531cb52`, `46fba4c9a46`, `#124965`, `#124962`
- **#124962: fix(update): Windows update leaves other installs' gateways alone (salvage #124676)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `46fba4c9a46`, `878d902147a`, `#124965`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.